Stop waiting for inspiration. Start building discipline. PUSH isn’t another fluffy self-help book. It’s a wake-up call for anyone who keeps saying, “I’ll start Monday” or “I’ll do it when life slows down.” Through stories of failure, fatherhood, fitness, and creative battles, Andrew Brandt delivers a raw, practical playbook on what it really takes to build a consistent process. Drawing from Stoic philosophy, sports, neuroscience, and the grind of everyday life, PUSH shows you how to: Break free from distraction and dopamine addiction - Build routines that stick (even when motivation dies) - Turn discipline into freedom and creativity into output - Reframe setbacks as data, not failure - Stay in the game long enough to see results Whether you’re chasing fitness goals, writing a book, or just trying to live with more purpose, PUSH will give you the tools to stop waiting for the “perfect moment” and start taking action today. Because inspiration is a spark. Discipline is the fire. PRAISE FOR PUSH “Brandt’s PUSH is not only a manual for successful writing, it’s a playbook for life. My copy will be assuredly earmarked, highlighted and referenced often.” — Russell Camp , award-winning author and former varsity basketball coach EXCERPT I’ve struggled with more than just my physique. Not only with writer’s block or creative “dry spells,” but with full-on burnout. With half-assed novels I never finished, and a nagging feeling that maybe I just wasn’t “inspired” enough to do the work. For years, I thought that inspiration was this mysterious, magical force. I would unwrap a chocolate bar with a golden ticket and a whole new world would be unlocked for me. That the lightning bolt of the Muse would strike me, would choose me. Sometimes, that actually happened. I wrote my novel The King of Action Figures that way, one big surge of energy, 60,000 words in a month. It felt like the Muse had taken over my body and was feeding me the story one line at a time. Rick Rubin calls that the Source. Here, we call it inspiration. Other times, it was different. The inspiration wouldn’t come. I’d wait for it. I’d chase it. And when the Muse didn’t show up, when it felt like Source had run dry, I’d feel stuck, frustrated, sometimes ready to quit. But here’s the truth I had to learn the hard way: inspiration is a spark, not a steady flame. It’s unreliable, fleeting, and often unpredictable. If you rely on it alone, you’ll be waiting forever. Inspiration can start a novel. You can look at the scale beneath your toes, those numbers inching higher than ever and be inspired to lose weight, to get in shape, to start eating healthy. But the reality is inspiration doesn’t finish anything. Inspiration is the name of half-assed ideas, of yo-yo diets, of failed business plans. Inspiration is the sound of the gun at the starting line, but it’s not the fuel or the plan that gets you across to the checkered flag. What changed everything for me was realizing that process —a consistent, disciplined, repeatable system—is what actually moves the needle. It’s what turns those rare moments of inspiration into pages written, projects completed, goals achieved. As Ryan Holiday, the author of The Obstacle is the Way and The Daily Stoic plainly puts it, “by applying yourself to a process, product is pulled out.” So that’s what this book is about. It’s about creating processes to help you cross those finish lines. This book is my guide for anyone who’s ever felt that gap between wanting to create or achieve something and actually doing it. It’s about writing, but it’s also about life. It’s about fitness. It’s about starting a business. It’s about dreams.